Anneli Aejmelaeus, Prof.

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Permanent positions

Professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Culture and Literature, Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki, 2009–

Professor of Old Testament and Septuagint Research (Altes Testament mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Septuaginta-Forschung), Faculty of Theology, University of Göttingen, 1991–2009

Lecturer of Exegetics, Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki, 1986–1992

Research appointments and grants

Research project on “Textual Criticism of the Septuagint”, financed by the Academy of Finland, 2004–2006 and 2009–2012

Fellowship of the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, 2002–2006

Research project on “Translation and Interpretation in the Greek Psalter”, financed by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 1997–1999 and 2001–2003

Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, University of Göttingen, 1983–1984

Research appointments by the Academy of Finland: Research Assistant 1981–1983, Junior Researcher 1984–1986, and Senior Researcher 1987–1990

Other assignments and memberships

Grinfield Lectureship at the University of Oxford, 2008– 2010

Director of the "Septuaginta-Unternehmen", Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, 1993– 2000

Membership of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (Academia Scientiarum Fennica) 1992–

Education

Docent of Old Testament Exegesis, University of Helsinki, 1983

Doctor of Theology, University of Helsinki, 1982, Dissertation: Parataxis in the Septuagint. A Study of the Renderings of the Hebrew Coordinate Clauses in the Greek Pentateuch. AASF B Diss 31. Helsinki 1982.

”From Oral Translation to Textual Transmission” (Febr. 17–26, 2009): 1) ”Once More: The Origins of the Septuagint”; 2) ”Text-History of the Septuagint and the Hebrew Text in the Books of Samuel”; 3) ”Towards a Critical Edition of the Septuagint of 1 Samuel”.